CHRS Presents Radio History

RADIO HISTORY, RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, EXHIBITION

History of the Radio

Bellingham | KRE | AWA | Maxwell Library & W6CF

There are plenty of organizations and individuals dedicated to the study, research, publication, acquisition, use, restoration and exhibition of antique radio devices, books, tubes, shows, and other memorabilia from the onset of wireless, circa 1900, through broadcasting in the 1920s and 30s, through the plastic transistor era of the 1950s/60s.

Lee de Forest AWA Slide Show 2007 | See the Charles Herrold Story on KGO-7

Read Bart Lee's Radio Scholarship

Bart Lee is the CHRS Lawyer-Emeritus, a yearly contributor to the Antique Wireless Association, and one of the World's leading authorities on wireless and radio history.

Contact Bart Lee, KV6LEE

Here are some selected historical radio resources:

See the Multi-Lingual RadioMuseum.org

See David Jackson's site:
Bay Area Radio Museum

See More Local Radio History on the Web

We have taken over early Bay Area Radio station KRE-AM. The studios and offices are being restored for our headquarters - for radio and broadcasting research, for our extensive library, repair and restoration shop, and displays (a museum) of early radio and broadcast technology.